Today, I rode the DC Metro for the first time since the shutdown. I can’t say that the experience was uniquely different from before the Metro’s management decided to stop all train service for more than 24 hours. My colleagues were, of course, interested...

It began with shock. Quick whispered conversations and then it was all over social media. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA or Metro) was shutting down all trains for more than 24 hours beginning at midnight on March 16. Emergency inspections...

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